The Hard and the Easy

The Hard and the Easy

Infobox Album|


Background = orange
Name = The Hard and The Easy
Released = 2005 (Canada)
Type = Album
Recorded =
Genre = Folk
Length = 41:22
Label = Warner Music Canada
Producer = Alan Doyle, Sean McCann & Bob Hallett
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://wm04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:djfqxqtsldse link]
Artist = Great Big Sea
Last album = "Something Beautiful*"
(2004)
This album = "The Hard and The Easy"
(2005)
Next album = "Fortune's Favour"
(2008)

"The Hard and The Easy" is an album by Great Big Sea. It was released on October 11,2005 in Canada and October 25,2005 in the US. It reached gold status by October 25, 2005.

The album is a compilation of traditional Newfoundland songs, many of which were collected together in the Gerald S. Doyle song books.

The album was nominated for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year by a group at the 2006 Juno Awards.

Track listing

#"Come And I Will Sing You (The Twelve Apostles)"
#"Old Polina"
#"The River Driver"
#"The Mermaid"
#"Captain Kidd"
#"Graceful & Charming (Sweet Forget-Me-Not)"
#"Concerning Charlie Horse"
#"Harbour LeCou"
#"Tishialuk Girls Set (Father's Jig / Buffet Double / Tishialuk Girls)"
#"French Shore"
#"Cod Liver Oil"
#"Tickle Cove Pond"

ong information

*"Come and I Will Sing You" is a variation on a song that has been around since early Islamic times. It is similar to the version known as "Green Grow the Rushes, O."

*"Captain Kidd" is about the infamous pirate William Kidd.

*After the album was released, the band discovered that "The Mermaid" was actually written by Shel Silverstein.

*"Graceful & Charming (Sweet Forget Me Not)" was actually composed by Bobby Newcome of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1877. [cite web | title=The Broadside| work=nlfolk.com |url=http://www.nlfolk.com/bsidearch/jul05/songs.html Retrieved October 21 2007] .

Additional information

The album offered through iTunes came with a digital copy of the booklet. In addition, a live version of "The Old Black Rum" was offered to those who signed up for the pre-order.

The CD version of the album came with a bonus DVD featuring back-stories, commentary and informal performances of many of the album tracks.

The title of the album comes from a line in the final track "Tickle Cove Pond".

ee also

List of Newfoundland songs

References

External links

* [http://www.greatbigsea.com/themusic/thte.aspx "The Hard and The Easy" page at the Official GBS Website]


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